Rwandan politician Deogratias Mushayidi has now been granted access to legal counsel, and was brought before a court on 18 March. His lawyer has confirmed that he is in good health and has been treated well by the authorities.

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Film director Oleg Sentsov and ecologist Aleksandr Kolchenko are on trial in a military court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. They are Ukrainian citizens and residents of Crimea who opposed its Russian annexation. The excessive charges of terrorism on allegations of property destruction and recurring torture allegations give rise to fair trial concerns.

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